Invest Local Driving Change Plan 2019/2021 Contents 1 Introduction and summary 2 2 Community profile 4 Community consultation 5 3 4 Vision, priorities and projects 6 5 How will we know we have been successful? 9 6 Budget 12 7 Annex Files attached 1. All Project plans 2. Dynamix consultation report 3. Programme review session July 2018 4. Baseline survey – People and Work 5. Vision and Priorities Review 6. Scorecard results Hubberston and Hakin Invest Local Driving Change Plan September 2019/2021 1. Introduction and summary In March 2016, the community of Hubberston and Hakin accepted the invitation offered to them by Building Communities Trust to take part in the Invest Local programme. Invest Local has £1 million to spend in Hubberston and Hakin over 10 years, with the community deciding on what that money should be spent on. The story so far…. The first Driving Change plan for Hubberston and Hakin was agreed by the Community Forum in July 2017. Due to a number of factors this plan has been extended to the end of August 2019. Some great achievements have been made in this time including; Ownership of the Community Centre was transferred to a locally run CIO (Charitable incorporated organisation). Improvements have been made to the centre and usage is increasing. Established community groups have been strengthened through investment in the park, the golf club and the football club. The small grants scheme has been a great success with new community groups and activities being established, as well as support for existing groups to offer better facilities for members. Communications are improving with a new facebook group that has recently been set up and a noticeboard has been installed on the outside of the community centre. However, there has been a delay setting up further systems as we have lost contact with the company employed to set up a website. A number of Community fundays have been run at different venues across the community. These have proven to be a great success and have provided us with the opportunity to check in with the community that we are doing the right thing. Through the small grants scheme and engagement with parents at the school our forum has grown to 28 voting members. An additional meeting is held at the school in the afternoons on the same day as the evening meeting to engage with community members who cannot attend the evening meetings. Forum members have completed Participation training with Dynamix and had support to run a consultation at a community funday at the community centre in 2018. See Annex 1 for the full report. The community forum was formally constituted in June 2018. The group held an AGM in October 2018 where a review of the constitution, finances and achievements were made as well as discussion around roles of Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. This was also used as an opportunity to consult on some project ideas. Programme Review took place in July 2018. See Annex 2. Baseline survey completed by People and work. See Annex 3. Agreed to continue with PAVS as fundholder From 2017-2019 £119,962.50 has been allocated to improvements in Hubberston & Hakin through Invest Local, with 97% of that funding being spent/committed to date Page 2 of 12 Hubberston and Hakin Invest Local Driving Change Plan September 2019/2021 Agreeing our Driving Change plan… The community forum has been working on this Driving Change plan for over 6 months. We have undertaken thorough evaluation of the community benefit of projects put forward and gone through a rigorous prioritisation exercise to ensure that the investment in our community is right for the area, shows community benefit, value for money and meets the vision and priorities for the area. This has involved; Invitation for project proposals Review of our vision and priorities. See Annex 4 Presentation of project proposals from all project leads Scorecards on all project proposals with all forum members scoring proposals based on whether projects met the vision and priorities, had clear community benefit, is sustainable and accessible, whether other sources of funding had been looked at, whether success could be shown, whether the project was achievable in 12months, value for money and if the project linked with other organisations/projects/initiatives in the area. Review of the scorecard results (see annex 5) on meeting the vision and priorities, community benefit, sustainability and value for money was carried out by BCT Trustee Carol Green, PAVS Chief Officer Sue Leonard and Invest Local Officer Kate McCabe who presented comments alongside possible alternatives or funding conditions that could be placed on the proposals following comments and scoring completed by the forum. An online anonymous vote was carried out on all project proposals by all 28 members of the forum. This gave us the option of voting on project proposals as submitted, or possible alternatives or funding conditions put forward following the scorecard exercise. VISION 2019 PRIORITIES 2019 1. To feel proud of and part of our community 1. Continue to develop the Community 2. The community feel they are listened to and Centre and other community facilities that they matter 2. Improve wellbeing (focusing on the 5 3. To look after and improve our environment ways to wellbeing**) 4. Strengthen and sustain the local groups, 3. Increase Pride in the Community organisations and facilities already in our 4. Increase communications in the community and all work together better Community 5. To improve wellbeing 5. Improve the Environment 6. Providing more opportunities for children and 6. Sustain Local Groups and Increase young people Participation PROJECTS 2019/2021 1. Community centre building improvements 2. Rugby club kitchen and catering facilities 3. Development of the football club facilities 4. Mental health support and wellbeing 5. School playground development 6. Community engagement, communications and small grants 7. Development plan for Gelliswick bay 8. Yacht club boat yard and car park 9. Youth club 10. Little Acorns play group development 11. Community Development worker 12. Milford Haven Golf club paths Page 3 of 12 13. Training and employment support Hubberston and Hakin Invest Local Driving Change Plan September 2019/2021 2. Community Profile Hubberston and Hakin form part of Milford Haven and is located on the western side of the main town with a population of approximately 5000. The local area has some 2162 households, with a significant number of these rented out as social housing. This now includes a new private housing estate at Fairways. Although there are two communities in the area - Hubberston and Hakin – a lot of people consider them to be indistinguishable with some people living in Hakin referring to themselves as coming from Hubberston and visa versa. Key facts about Hubberston and Hakin Population – 5050; slightly higher under 16s population compared to the Pembrokeshire and Welsh average with a larger than average number of pensioner households. 62% of homes are privately owned (less than the Welsh average) others are mainly owned by the local or Pembrokeshire Housing Association. Average house prices are lower than across Wales with a higher than average percentage of houses in the lower Council Tax Bands compared to the rest of Pembrokeshire. 27% of children live in poverty (compared to the Welsh average of 21%) The local environment is mainly good with better air quality and lower flood risk compared to the rest of Wales. Crime rates are lower than the Welsh average. There are more people with a limiting long-term illness living in Hubberston and Hakin compared to the Welsh average. Pupil attainment in Hubberston and Hakin at Primary School age is slightly below the Welsh average; by secondary school age it is 10% below. About 24% of young people in Hubberston and Hakin attend Higher Education; across Wales the figure is 33% The percentage of young people not in work or looking for work is over double the Welsh average with the total number of people out of work nearly double compared to the rest of Wales. In general more men are claiming benefits than women. The main employment in the area is shops or in health and social care. The baseline survey undertaken by People & Work Unit in December 2018 gathered opinions from 328 residents on; residents’ sense of community and the community’s strength; residents’ sense of well-being (how they feel); and residents’ sense of resilience (their ability to cope with adversity). Page 4 of 12 Hubberston and Hakin Invest Local Driving Change Plan September 2019/2021 The results suggest that overall there is a good sense of community. However, residents feel they have relatively little influence over local services. The results also suggest that community members resilience is fairly strong. 3. Community Consultation Members of the forum completed participation training with Dynamix in March – June 2018. Through these sessions forum members had the opportunity to look at different methods they could use to consult with the wider community. It also provided the opportunity to look at how they felt about current engagements methods. Concern was raised about not engaging enough community members in the programme as well as there being limited representation from the community on the forum. Dynamix supported the group by running a community consultation at a funday held at the community centre in the summer 2018. This enabled the forum to gauge support for some of the ideas being discussed for the next plan. A lot of support from attendees at the event was shown for development of Gelliswick Bay, the Football club and making a park at Glebelands. The same exercise was used at the AGM with similar results.